I'm curious that, since farming food is obviously essential and most likely everyone does (especially single players), which biome do you prefer AND suggest for farming?
So far I've found that Savanna seems pretty good. Lots of areas of flat lands and shallow ponds to terraform for farming, lotsa seeds and quite a bit of animals, and it doesn't annoyingly rain.
When people can grow food in a biome, they have access to nutritious, safe and sufficient food for a fit and healthy life, then the region can be said to be food secure.
I prefer the plains because there seems to be more cows and sheep around for meat-eaters like myself. The rain is a little annoying at times but I can tolerate it.
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The plains, most certainly. They're flat, firtile, and have plenty of space and rain. They also have a large number of animals to farm and tame. Another great thing about them is that they have horses.I wish they had wagons or carts that would be able to haul stuff long distances without having to have a railroad or guide.
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I've always like the forest. I get plenty of wood when I chop it down to clear land for my builds, and then plenty of wooded areas around my place for scenery.
Then again mushrooms islands are always nice, and I settled in a savanna near a desert when I first started minecraft, so I kind of like those to.
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The biome doesn't really matter when you usually make your farm indoors; I'd go with plains though since it is relatively flat and easy to build in and in every one of my worlds I've used a seed that had a plains biome at spawn (or in other words, the biome does matter, but more for building the base itself than a farm which is part of the base). My secondary bases (basically just places to store resources and restock on food and wood) have been built in virtually every other biome though; my most recent one was built in a taiga and I demolished part of a hill to get a flat area to build in; the farm (an 8x8 potato farm) is indoors (other bases have more farms for getting materials that can be traded for emeralds, I did not add any here since I had 6 stacks of emeralds, enough to last me for a while):
Usually, when I have farms outdoors they are repurposed village farms (since villagers do not harvest crops in 1.6.4 I don't have to worry about them stealing them):
The two green squares seen in the lower half are cow and chicken pens which I placed under the fields so i did not have to clear more space for them; likewise, i just planted sugarcane next to naturally occurring water instead of making a proper farm for it:
Also, another thing I often do is plant sugarcane in an area I'm exploring so I can harvest it when I'm done, like along the coast of this island; compared to other sources of trading materials sugarcane is more difficult to grow (animals can be bred in an exponential fashion and bonemeal can force-grow crops):
I'll generally make a farm wherever I decide to settle. (Which generally means somewhere snowy, where I have to deal with lighting to keep the ice away, but oh well. I like it bright anyway.)
I'm curious that, since farming food is obviously essential and most likely everyone does (especially single players), which biome do you prefer AND suggest for farming?
So far I've found that Savanna seems pretty good. Lots of areas of flat lands and shallow ponds to terraform for farming, lotsa seeds and quite a bit of animals, and it doesn't annoyingly rain.
I like to farm in the Plains, as it is flat, and there is plenty of wildlife, which adds in some authenticity to the "Farm" feel.
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When people can grow food in a biome, they have access to nutritious, safe and sufficient food for a fit and healthy life, then the region can be said to be food secure.
I prefer the plains because there seems to be more cows and sheep around for meat-eaters like myself. The rain is a little annoying at times but I can tolerate it.
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The plains, most certainly. They're flat, firtile, and have plenty of space and rain. They also have a large number of animals to farm and tame. Another great thing about them is that they have horses.I wish they had wagons or carts that would be able to haul stuff long distances without having to have a railroad or guide.
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I've always like the forest. I get plenty of wood when I chop it down to clear land for my builds, and then plenty of wooded areas around my place for scenery.
Then again mushrooms islands are always nice, and I settled in a savanna near a desert when I first started minecraft, so I kind of like those to.
Swamp. Wet and grassy.
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I enjoy the all of the snowy biomes.
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No preference. I make a farm wherever I am, a little extra challenge is welcome.
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The desert is the best. You get less mobs.
Good ol' Plains, of course.
The generally flat terrain means I don't have to do as much landscaping to set up the nice flat spaces needed for my farmland.
Plains are full of tall grass, meaning finding wheat seeds is very easy.
Cows often spawn in the plains, allowing me an easy source of meat and leather.
Plains are often adjacent to forests, providing me with a source of wood.
Finding water is pretty much never an issue in the first place.
And on top of all that, since plains have plenty of open space and few trees, there's almost no places for hostile mobs to hide.
Really, there's no disadvantage here.
Boring as hell?
Why am I here
Farming crops is already an activity that is inherently devoid of excitement.
If you wanted something exciting, you'd be gathering food from something that actually poses a threat to your well-being.
Let's be honest: food in general is boring.
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I have to agree with Lord Garak on this one. Food is boring. There are much better things to do. Tom Falater
The biome doesn't really matter when you usually make your farm indoors; I'd go with plains though since it is relatively flat and easy to build in and in every one of my worlds I've used a seed that had a plains biome at spawn (or in other words, the biome does matter, but more for building the base itself than a farm which is part of the base). My secondary bases (basically just places to store resources and restock on food and wood) have been built in virtually every other biome though; my most recent one was built in a taiga and I demolished part of a hill to get a flat area to build in; the farm (an 8x8 potato farm) is indoors (other bases have more farms for getting materials that can be traded for emeralds, I did not add any here since I had 6 stacks of emeralds, enough to last me for a while):
Usually, when I have farms outdoors they are repurposed village farms (since villagers do not harvest crops in 1.6.4 I don't have to worry about them stealing them):
Also, another thing I often do is plant sugarcane in an area I'm exploring so I can harvest it when I'm done, like along the coast of this island; compared to other sources of trading materials sugarcane is more difficult to grow (animals can be bred in an exponential fashion and bonemeal can force-grow crops):
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I'll generally make a farm wherever I decide to settle. (Which generally means somewhere snowy, where I have to deal with lighting to keep the ice away, but oh well. I like it bright anyway.)
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